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HN Jev Sorter

Chrome extension that sorts Hacker News comments into user-defined buckets with one Jev Choice call per comment.

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Overview

HN Jev Sorter is a Chrome extension for reading Hacker News threads. You pick up to 12 buckets, each with a name and a description, such as astroturfing accusations, it's overhyped, or off topic, and press Run. Each comment is sent to Jev as a single Choice question whose options are the buckets plus an always-present Other option, and the comment animates into the bucket Jev picks.

It is for readers who want to scan the shape of a large discussion quickly. Each comment is labelled on the page with its bucket and probability, and hovering a bucket lists its comments sorted by probability. The README reports Jev answering each comment in about 300 ms, with six requests in flight at once from the background service worker. The API key is stored in Chrome's local extension storage and sent only to api.typesafe.ai.

What the decision model decides

TypeQuestionAnswers
ChoiceWhich category best describes what this Hacker News comment is doing?Astroturfing accusations · It's overhyped · Off topic · Other

How it works

  1. Choose or edit buckets with descriptions
  2. Press Run on an HN comment page
  3. Send each comment plus parent context as a Choice question to Jev, six at a time
  4. Label each comment with its bucket and probability
  5. Browse buckets sorted by probability

Strengths

  • About 300 ms per comment per the README, so sorting feels live
  • An Other option avoids forcing comments into a bad fit
  • Probabilities let you read the most confident matches first
  • Buckets are user-defined in plain language

Caveats

  • Requires a TypeSafe API key and sends comment text to the API
  • Chromium browsers only; installed unpacked in developer mode
  • No licence stated

Getting started

Clone the repo, load it unpacked from chrome://extensions in Developer mode, and paste a Jev API key from console.typesafe.ai on the setup page.

At a glance

Type
Browser extension
Status
beta
Language
JavaScript
Runtime
Chrome extension
Has code
yes

Use cases and integrations

How curated lists describe it

  • Reading aid: a Chrome extension that sorts Hacker News comments into buckets you choose while you read, with Jev classifying each comment in about a second.

    yibie/awesome-jev

Frequently asked questions

What does the extension decide?

Which of your buckets each Hacker News comment belongs in, with a probability for every bucket.

How many buckets can I use?

Up to 12, plus a built-in Other bucket.

Where does my API key go?

It is stored in Chrome's local extension storage and only sent to api.typesafe.ai.

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